I recommend stepping back from whatever deadline you’re on, and taking an entire day (or more) to create a master list of about people you’d really like to partner with. If you’re an established marketer, you could include the biggest players in your industry. If you’re not, go after people with smaller audiences but whose content you like and who appear to be rising stars. This list of people isn’t just for promoting your content. Or for link building.
It’s for stuff you might not be able bitcoin data to even imagine yet. But compile that list of then: make a twitter list of their accounts, so you can easily find and retweet their content. Add them to a feedly collection so you can search their back posts, and stay up with their content. Sign up for their email newsletters. Then create a folder specifically for those updates. Follow them on all the major social platforms.
If you can get them to accept a linkedin invite, all the better. Don’t abuse it. To quickly find the linkedin account associated with the email, you can use reverse email lookup tools. These tools will not only find social media accounts but also important details about the contact that can help you personalize your emails. Leave comments on their blog posts. If you can’t do comments, try to leave at least comments are one of the best ways to get noticed and to get your outreach emails replied to.